Black Dyed Buckeye

[ValleyBoy]

Greetings pen people.

Made this today. The wood is dyed and stabilised buckeye burr from a batch of different coloured blanks I bought off a guy on Facebook. The threads and finials are cellulose acetate and the accents & logo coin are sterling silver. Fitted with a Bock nib.

I always fully sleeve the cap on wooden pens, and I decided to fully sleeve the barrel on this one as well, partly to give a better mechanical (threaded) joint for the finials. The final photo shows the component parts. (I dispensed with the red collar on the section in the end).

Cap threads are 13mm and the pen is around 145mm closed.

Cheers
Ash

 

[alan morrison]

Buckeye burr has to be one of the top timbers for a pen, add a bit of silver and you have elevated this to another level.
A masterpiece, Ash.

Alan

 

[flexi]

That's a lovely piece of timber, beautifully showcased, very nice job....
I bought some dyed burl blanks from someone, but can be bugge#d if I can remember who, and I'm on my last one

 

[alpha1]

Stunning a beautiful pen. A lovely bit of timber.

 

[pittswood]

Well done Ash. A fabulous pen of exceptional class and workmanship. Five stars.
Kelvin

 

[wm460]

That is a beauty Ash.

 

[Geoff Kent]

Glorious pen Ash.The accents really set the whole pen off.

 

[Terry Q]

Ash that's a really good looking pen. Buckeye is a favorite of mine.

 

[ValleyBoy]

Thanks Alan, much appreciated!

 

[ValleyBoy]

That's a lovely piece of timber, beautifully showcased, very nice job....
I bought some dyed burl blanks from someone, but can be bugge#d if I can remember who, and I'm on my last one

Thanks Mark and I can’t remember who I got these from either! It’s definitely not an age thing…

 

[ValleyBoy]

Stunning a beautiful pen. A lovely bit of timber.

Cheers Dave.

 

[ValleyBoy]

Well done Ash. A fabulous pen of exceptional class and workmanship. Five stars.
Kelvin

Diolch Kelvin, (you’re not far from me I see!).

 

[Penpal]

You went all out on this one Ash for a great reward,very special in every way mate.

 

[Bill Mooney]

Another lovely pen Ash.